Samuel hiksch



S. HIRSCH.

SNAP.

APPLICATION mio sEPT.18. 1919.

1,326,055., Patented Dec. 23, 1919.

WITNESSES WVENTOH "estiman srnrns rnrnnr ormoni SAMUEL I-IIRSCH, OFYORK, I\T. Y.

j SNAP.

To all 'whom t may/concern: y

Be it known thatI, SAMUEL, Hnison, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of the city of New York, borough of Bronx, in the county ofBronx and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved lSnap, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and eXact description.

Various means have been constructed with a view of providing anornamental member for securingtogether the two ends of a chain, Y suchas a lavallire, or conveniently securing together the ends of a cordadapted to receive beads, pearls, etc.

Known constructionsV have heretofore proved slightly impractical, forthe reasonv 'that the grasped portion of the snaphad to be inserted in acertain manner into the grasping portion thereotto effectively lock thetwo parts together. Another objection which inventions of this naturehave presentedV is that of the likelihood of breakage occurring, whichin the caseof a light chain vwould almost invariably result in the lossAof the chain and any article appended thereto, as the snap would readilyopen.V

My invention aims to provide a snap in which the grasped portion may beinserted in the grasping portion in any manner desired, which shall loeornamental, and yet so simple in construction as to prohibit any `dangerof breakage occurring.

Reference is had to the attached sheet of drawings which illustratespractical embodiments of my invention, and in which- Figure lillustrates a side view of the grasped and grasping portions of the snapseparated one from the othe'rand with the two ends of a chain attachedthereto;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional view on line 2-2 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 3 is afsectional view taken along line 3 3 of Fig. 2; f'

Fig. 4 is an enlarged elevational view of the vmember associated withthe grasping portion, and j Fig. 5 is a sectional view, similar to Fig.3, of a slightlymodiiied form of snap.

In all these views like reference numeralsv designate similar parts, andthe reference numeral 1 indicates the grasping member which hasconveniently associated with its lower end an eyelet to which a chain,thread, 1

etc., may be attached. The grasping member 1 may include, as is clearlyshown in Specification of Letters Patent. Patterned Da, 23, 1919,Application led September 18, 1919. Serial No. 324,383.

V4 the outer end of the arms of which are bent inwardly one toward theother, as indicated by the reference numeral 5. In this connection itwill be noted'that the outer ends of the arms of the U-shaped member iterminate at a point short of the endof the half sections 2 and 3, whichprovides an opening at the 'outer end of the grasping member. y

The grasping member includes a V-shaped, resilient member 6 one of thearms of which is slightly shorter than the other, the end of the longerarm being bent toward the shorter arm and partially overlying the same,as indicated bythe reference numeral '7. w In this connection it will benoted that the portion 7 of the grasping member has its outer edgeshaped so las to conform to the contour of the outer end of the halfsections 2 and 3, and is further provided-with a conveniently attachedeyelet adapted to receive the end link o'l' a chain, or a cord.

The outer end of the shorter arm of the V-shaped grasped member 6 isbent outwardly, Vas indicated with the reference numeral 8, and thelonger arm is provided with an outstanding portion 9 occupying the samerelative planeas the portion S of the shorter arm, both such projectionand arm being provided at their outer ends with roughened thumb pieces10 conveniently attached. The V-shaped member is further formed in sucha manner that notches are provided in its outer edge adjacent and belowthe outwardly-bent portion 8 and the outstanding portion 9.

It will now'be seen that the grasped por tion may readily be insertedbetween the half sections 2 and 3 of the grasping portion 1 and lrmlypressed therein, which will result in the arms of such V-shaped member 6being moved one toward the other until the notches formed in such lattermembent arms of the Uf'shaped link, whereupon f they will snapoutwardly, as clearly shown ber reach a -point adjacent the inwardlylaforestated, has been roughened, being pressed together and the V-shapedmember' withdrawn.

Obviously, in some instances it might prove impracticable, as well asexpensive, to provide a U-shaped member 4C, and for this reason,reference being had to Fig. 5, I may provide my `halll sections 2 and 3with integral ,inwardly-extending projections ll which will serve thesame purpose as the inwardly-bent .outer ends 5 of the U-shaped member4t. j

Further, it will be appreciated that by virtue Vof 4the constructionillustrated the V-shaped member may be inserted with its shorter armtoward either side, as the case may be, without in the least affectingthe functioning of the snap, which will operate just as eiiiciently ineither position.

Obviously, any number of modifications may be made without in the leastdeparting from the scope oit my invention.

claim:

`l. A snap including a grasping and a grasped member, which graspingmember comprisestwo halt sections orn'ied with a space therebetween atone of their ends, inwardly-extending projections adjacent the ends ofsuch space, said grasped member ircluding a V-shaped resilient memberformed with notches adjacent its outer end, said notches being adaptedto be engaged by the projections within the grasping member.

2. A snap including a grasping and a grasped member, which graspingmember comprises two half sections formed with a space therebetween atone of their ends, inwardly-extending projections adjacent the ends ofsuch space, said gra-sped member including a V-shaped resilient memberhaving one of its arms longer than its opposite arm, the longer of saidarms being bent so as to extend toward and partially overlying theshorter arm and conforming to the contour of the spaced ends or' thehalf. sections, the outer edges of the arms of the V-sliaped memberbeing formed with notches adapted to be engaged by the projectionswithin'the grasping member.

3. A snap including a grasping` and a grasped member, which graspingmember lcomprises two half sections `formed with a to be engaged by theprojections within theV grasping' member, the outer end of said shorterarm being bent upwardly, the longer arm being provided with anoutwardly-ein.l

tending' projection in the Y same Y plane in which tlieshorter armterminates, and thumb pieces secured to the ends of such projection andarm respectively.

4. A snap including two half` sections, a lJ-shaped member interposedbetween such half sections and having the outer ends of its arms bentinwardlyv one towardthe other, and a grasped member formed with notchesadaptedV to be engagedby the ends of said inyifardly-bent arms. J

SAMUEL HIRSCH.

